Example sentences of "[vb infin] to be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Kings did not need to be at their pearly best to win 111-77 . |
| 2 | Dutchman Marcel Albers , who won the first race at Donington , compatriot Oswaldo Negri and Belgian Mikke Van Hool were all slightly quicker in testing during the week so de Ferran will need to be at peak to clinch top spot , as he twice did for Edenbridge Racing last year . |
| 3 | The placing of the concept of the Created God entirely in that period of the earth 's history which follows the advent of life , means that science and religion do not need to be at variance . |
| 4 | Shelves , if made of wood , will need to be at least three-quarters of an inch thick and preferably a little more ; and they should be supported every three feet or so . |
| 5 | Maybe Vic is right after all , we do need to be at our best . |
| 6 | ‘ There is a hunger and commitment within this Maghery side and Clans will need to be at their best , I reckon , ’ he points out . |
| 7 | Spartak have a good reputation away from the Lenin Stadium and the Kop will need to be at its most intimidating to be of any help to a Liverpool side whose only consistency this season has been their inconsistency . |
| 8 | There would appear to be at least two different reasons why this might be so . |
| 9 | Despite the fact that a worker may appear to be at fault examination should begin with the supervisor immediately responsible for the area concerned . |
| 10 | If the parent bird can appear to be at some grave physical disadvantage , the killer will find the tempting proximity of the vulnerable adult irresistible and its concentration on the location of the nest-site can be broken . |
| 11 | Scheler was anti-positivist and opposed to the ‘ cult of science ’ ( Hamilton 1974 : 75 ) which would appear to be at odds with Stark 's position . |
| 12 | She did n't appear to be at all like the kind of lady who would be engaging a maid . |
| 13 | In particular , there would appear to be at least one strategy by the incumbent which breaks the conditions as first laid out . |
| 14 | But the arrangement is more artful than it might appear to be at first sight . |
| 15 | The informatics graduate can expect to be at the forefront of the development of new software products and tools or to follow a career in developing technology applications for a range of areas — from industry to the public sector and from health care to agriculture . |
| 16 | Branson was as awed as anyone could expect to be at the first sight of their own Jumbo Jet . |
| 17 | Maidstone had now stepped up to the bar beside Sandison but he still did not look to be at ease . |
| 18 | ‘ I said that I could not commit myself as my academic time was not yet finished , but I would like to be at their disposal later . ’ |
| 19 | You should plan to be at your FREELINK pick-up point not later than 15 minutes before scheduled departure . |
| 20 | After the summit , we must ask how the Prime Minister can claim to be at the heart of Europe when , because of his actions , our country is not even part of the key decisions that will shape the Europe of the future . |
| 21 | But whereabouts do you hope to be at the end of twenty minutes , however long we 've got . |
| 22 | One is no longer at home anywhere , so in the end one longs to be back where one can somehow be at home because it is the only place where one would wish to be at home : and that is the world of Greece ! " |
| 23 | But no matter how often the archives are ransacked for old genres to bastardise , you do n't have to be at the forefront of style-making to foresee that very few clubs will be swaying this time next year to Pub Acid , Hip Malt ` n ’ Hops , or Sweaty Backroom House . |
| 24 | And there would have to be at least one Liberal Democrat post in Cabinet . |
| 25 | If Jackie were to close the gap , it would have to be at the Nürburgring . |
| 26 | ‘ I shall have to be at Hillmarden . |
| 27 | But Boro boss Lennie Lawrence insisted : ‘ They 're championship contenders , but did n't have to be at their best to beat us . |
| 28 | That was when the watchers would have to be at their best . |
| 29 | Their very lives would have to be at stake first . |
| 30 | But it would have to be at least twenty feet long . |